Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
DAILY HERALD.
OUR OVER ASSESSMENT.
The Action of the State Board SO
far-LOs Angeles Property As.
sessed over 100 per cent. of its
Actual Value.

The Action of the State Board 50
far-LOs Angeles Property As
sessed over 100 per cent. of its
Actual Value.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
SACRAMENTO, September 6, 1887.
l send the HERALD the following
abstracts of the proceedings OF the
State Board of Equalization at various
meetings on the subject Of the over
taxation of Los Angeles County:
SACRAMENTO, Thursday, Aug. 27.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr.. Gaffey moved, seconded by Mr..
Sloss, the following resolution:
WHEREAS, 1t appears from the data
collected by this Board that the coun-
ties of San Diego, Santa Barbara, Los
Angeles and San Bernardino are as
sessed much in excess of the valuation
of the counties of Placer, Napa, Santa
Clara, Yuba and Calaveras, which
this Board decided not to cite; there
fore,
Resolved, That the above-named
counties be cited to appear and show
be reduced.
At the presentation of the resolution
the Clerk presented the petition or no
tice OF the Supervis Ms of Los Angeles
county, asking for reduction OF the
ssessment Of Los Angeles county.
Mr.. Gaffey's resolution was post
poned for one week.
August 81, 1887.
Board met; all members present.
The Board took up the consideration
of Mr.. Gaffey's resolution.
On motion the consideration was
postponed until the 18th of September.
Mr.. Gafey moved the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, Certain data of sales and
appraisements of estates in the county
of Los Angeles during the year 1887,
have been taken by this Board and
compared with the assessment of said
county for the year 1885, and
WHEREAS, There has been such large
increase in the values of property in
that county between the time of max
ing such assessment and the date of
said sales and appraisements of es-
tates, therefore
Resolued, That the said data be not
considered by this Board, and that no
data be considered excepting the sales
and appraisements of estates for the
year 1886 compared with the ASSESS
ment of 1887. Carried.
On August 5th, the Board of Equali-
zation made the following order: That
Mr.. w. J. A. Smith be employed to
collect in the county of Los Angeles
800 sales, occurring between March,
1886, and March, 1887, and give the
assessment on the same property for
1887; also to collect all the apprai5e-
ment of estates from March, 1886, to
March, 1887, with the assessment of
the same for 1887.
The data collected by Mr.. Smith
consisted of sales amounting to $2,-
$780, the property covered by
which is assessed at $2,190,539. Ap-
praisements of estates amounting to
1915, All, assessed at $313, ,563. Sew
enty-two items, or $500 1854 of the sales,
were found to be assessed for 81 ,039,-
25O-or more than 100 per cent. Forty
seven items of the appraised property,
valued at $115,975, were assessed at
$l27 $50.
The counties of Los Angeles, San
Diego, San Bernardino, San Luis
Obispo, Santa Barbara and San Fran
cisco contributed as follows to the to-
tai increase of the State for 1887. This
is exclusive of railroads:
Total increase, $139, ,4SO,9O1.
Los Angeles. ..................4 20 per cent
San Bernardino .. ......... 5.2l per cent
Santa Barbara a............ 4.6l per cent |